Eric Weitz

Eric Weitz is an Associate Professor of Drama and Theatre Studies at Trinity College Dublin, teaching courses in Acting and Comedy, among others. A once and future actor, his scholarly publications include Theatre & Laughter (2016) and The Cambridge Introduction to Comedy (2009), as well as edited collections, For the Sake of Sanity: Doing things with humour in Irish performance (2014) and The Power of Laughter: Comedy and Contemporary Irish Theatre (2004).